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Taku Forts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04546.146 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1900 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Naval ships navigate through the straits, bombarding the fortifactions on either shore. Commemorates the capture of Taku Forts, June 17 1900. Inscription on verso reads "W.T. Kendall-Brown."

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